Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of § 15.2-2000,
any county in Northern Virginia Planning District 8, or any county outside
Planning District 8 that has adopted the county executive form of government,
may provide by ordinance reasonable criteria and requirements for the removal
of accumulations of snow and ice from public sidewalks, by the owner or other
person in charge of any occupied property.

Such ordinance shall include reasonable time frames for
compliance and reasonable exceptions for handicapped and elderly persons, and
those otherwise physically incapable of meeting the criteria and requirements
for such removal.

Civil penalties not to exceed $100 may be imposed for
violation of such ordinance.

SENATE BILL NO. 684

Offered January 10, 2018

Prefiled January 10, 2018

A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-2025 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to removal of snow and ice; county executive form of
government.

Patron-- Deeds

Referred to Committee on Local Government

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15.2-2025 of the Code of Virginia is amended and
reenacted as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of § 15.2-2000,
any county in Northern Virginia Planning District 8, or
any county outside Planning District 8 that has adopted the
county executive form of government,
may provide by ordinance reasonable criteria and requirements for the removal
of accumulations of snow and ice from public sidewalks, by the owner or other
person in charge of any occupied property.

Such ordinance shall include reasonable time frames for
compliance and reasonable exceptions for handicapped and elderly persons, and
those otherwise physically incapable of meeting the criteria and requirements
for such removal.

Civil penalties not to exceed $100 may be imposed for
violation of such ordinance.

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